Hat-holder.



PATENTED JUNE 23, 1903.

S. HEGHT. HAT HOLDER. APPLIOAiI'IO N FILED JULY 1. 1901.

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Patented June 23, I903.

PATENT OFFICE.

SIMON HECH'I, OF STUTTGART, GERMANY.-

THAT-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 731,567, dated June 23, 1903.

Application filed July 1, 1901.

To all whom it may concern.-

' Be it known that I, SIMON HEOHT, a subject of the King of Prussia, Emperor of Germany, residing at Reinsburgstrasse 53 Stuttgart, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hat-holders or devices for displaying hats and hat-trimming, such as feathers, for sale or inspection.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple device which may be used for hats of diii'erent sizes and which will constitute an invisible fastening for the hat withoutinjuring the same in any way.

The invention consists in certain novel features of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, as will be hereinafter first fully described, and then particu- 5. tion, and Fig. 2 is a plan View, of the holder;

larly pointed out in the claims.

In the annexed drawings, which fully illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a front elevaand Fig. 3 is a view showinga hat heldby the device. h

The holder consists, essentially, of a springyoke a, terminating in two jaws or holding arms b. In theconstruction.illustrated the jaws or holding-arms are riveted or soldered to the ends of the yoke at 0; but it will be understood, of course, that the jaws may be' made integral with the yoke. The yoke is shown as secured on the upper end of a standard or post d; but itmay be fastened to any suitable stationary object. To insure a secure fastening of the hat, I provide points or teeth f on the edges orends .of the jaws, and in order to provide for the display of feathers or other trimmings the jaws, are formed with openings e, through which the articles .may

be passed and by the openings or recesses being given any contour suitable for holding the articles firmly.

When it is desired to display a hat on the holder, the spring-yoke is compressed, as

gard, unyielding which they may be held,

Serial No. 66.762. (No model.)

then passed over the ends of the jaws, after which the yoke is released. The holdingjaws will thus be caused to engage the inner side of the hat-band or the lining and will firmly hold the hat, as clearly shown in Fig. When it is desired to remove the hat, the spring-yoke is, of course, again compressed to withdraw the holding arms or jaws from engagement with the hat.

It will be readily seen that the spring-yoke permits the holder to accommodate itself to hats of various sizes and that when a hat is placed on the holder an unobstructed View of the entire surface of the hat may be had.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A hat-holder consisting of a standard, a spring-yoke secured to the standard, diverging unyielding plates or arms mounted upon the end of the yoke, and pins carried by the outer edges of the plates.

2. A hat-holder consisting of a standard, a spring-yoke secured to the standard, and unyielding perforated sheet-1n etal plates mountedupon and extending from the ends of the yoke.

3. A hat-holder consisting of a standard, a spring-yoke secured to the standard, perforated sheet-metal plates mounted upon and extending from the ends of the yoke, and pins or pointed projections .upon the outer edge of the plates.

4. A hat-holder consisting of a standard, a spring-yoke secured at its center to the standdiverging plates or arms formed of sheet metal and provided with perforations adapted to serve as display-holders, and pinsor projections carried by the outer edges 'of the sheet-metal plates. I

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses' sIMoN HECHT.

Witnesses:

KARL BOROH, JULIUS HEIM.

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